What to see in Massachusetts

The state of Massachusetts is one of the original 13 states in the northeastern region of the U.S. This year, we spent July 4th at the home state that brought America into independence. What a great place to be at in celebrating the U.S. independence day. What drives us to New England? Lobster! And of course the most importantly, where the oldest U.S. history was born.



Cambridge, MA

Cambridge, MA is home to some of the prestigious ivy league University in the nation. With easy ground transportation, we visited Harvard and MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) by utilizing the subway.

When visiting Harvard University, you could join their campus tour or self-guided walking tour at Harvard yard. Right next to the Harvard Square station is where the suggested entrance to begin the Harvard University tour. Also, be sure to check out the pamphlet that you get from buying or redeeming the Boston Duck Tour, there are few freebies/coupons and Harvard tour was one of them.




Did you know the Widener library in the Harvard yard is the world largest university library with 17 million volumes? Mesmerizing how huge the library is.



MIT is surrounded by many high tech companies including Google. You can also do self guided walking tour for MIT. Get there from the Kendall Square Station, which is at the west of the campus. Here is a glimpse of the iconic Stata Center.



The Great Dome overlooking Killian Court.

Couple blocks from MIT at Kendall square is a fast causal restaurant, Legal Fish Bowl. Notice that there is another dine-in Legal Sea Foods next to it. There are some benches outside the Legal Fish Bowl restaurant and we ordered some fresh delicious Salmon Poke-Manna From Heaven and Noodle It Over Shrimp. Yummy.



Gloucester, MA

Maritime Gloucester was part of the Free Fun Fridays event by Highland Street Foundation so we stopped by to visit the working waterfront museum. The museum itself is rather small and it is more geared towards marine educators with programs that you could sign up for.



Springfield, MA

Driving South from Vermont, there's a small city in Massachusetts named Springfield. Right in the heart of the City is the Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden. Admission is $25 for adult and $13 for kids. With your admission ticket, it grants you access to the surrounding 5 museums within the Memorial Garden's complex.



Martha's Vineyard, MA
The popular summer colony for people to relax.



An island of MA at the Atlantic ocean that can be accessed by The Steamship Authority for a fee. Out of our expectation, only ones with reservation were allowed to go on the ferry with car; all others were to parked about 25 minutes away from the dock at it's designated parking lot with shuttle that takes you back to ride the ferry by feet.  If you choose to go across the island with your car, you may do so, but be sure to schedule ahead. You can check all the schedule and fares here.



Depending on where you depart from and in our case, we departed from Woods Hole and the final landing destination was Oak Bluffs. Within few blocks of walking, there's a community with stunning buildings that look like doll houses. It is nice and quiet to walk around while checking out different artistic cottages.



You wonder if we are missing a place to visit in Massachusetts? How could we forget about Boston! We have a separate post just for it. Check it out.